Combining residual insecticide spraying campaigns with targeted detection and specific chemotherapy for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children
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Combining residual insecticide spraying campaigns with targeted detection and specific chemotherapy for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children
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Targeted screening strategies to detect Trypanosoma cruzi infection in children.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 Dec 26;1(3):e103. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000103. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007. PMID: 18160979 Free PMC article.
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